Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1947

Jun 12 Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jun 16 Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jun 18 On this day in history death of shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)  

Jun 19 On this day in history willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84  

Jun 20 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal died in the year 1947.  

Jun 24 Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864) died in the year 1947.  

Jun 26 Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870) died on this day in history.  

Jun 28 Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jul 01 Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1947.  

Jul 09 On this day in history death of lucjan Å»eligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)  

Jul 12 On this day in history death of jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)  

Jul 13 Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies in the year 1947.  

Jul 15 Henry Kolker, dies at 76 in the year 1947.  

Jul 17 On this day in history raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34  

Jul 19 In the year 1947 death of aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)  

Jul 24 In the year 1947 ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72  

Jul 30 On this day in history george Challenor, cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies  

Aug 05 Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies in the year 1947.  

Aug 08 Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872) died on this day in history.  

Aug 13 Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies in the year 1947.  

Aug 19 Ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Aug 20 On this day in history franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79  

Aug 21 Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies in the year 1947.  

Aug 25 In the year 1947 clark Wissler, US cultural anthropologist, dies at 76  

Aug 28 On this day in history death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)  

Sep 01 Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international Scouting movement (b. 1861) died in the year 1947.  

Sep 06 In the year 1947 paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76  

Sep 12 On this day in history harry Rowe Shelley, composer, dies at 89  

Sep 20 On this day in history fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies  

Sep 21 Harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69 in the year 1947.  

Sep 23 Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged died in the year 1947.  

Sep 26 Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 in the year 1947.  

Sep 28 In the year 1947 francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58  

Oct 02 On this day in history death of peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)  

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Jan 02 On this day in history birth of aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)  

Jan 02 In the year 1947 birth of lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)  

Jan 02 Jack Hanna, American zoologist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut  

Jan 04 J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)  

Jan 04 In the year 1947 birth of rick Stein, English chef and television presenter